Resonant Bodies Festival: Witness the Process at Roulette

The art making feels unusually personal during the Resonant Bodies Festival, which began in 2013 and has swiftly become something to look forward to each year. A wide-ranging exploration of contemporary vocal music, lately hosted at Roulette in Brooklyn, it follows a simple formula: Three nights (Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 5-7), three singers per night, one 45-minute set per singer. The vocalists are the curators.

The results are varied and idiosyncratic, more polished than workshops, but with the intimate, experimental feel of works in progress. The organizer, Lucy Dhegrae, always puts together a stimulating mix of veterans and newcomers, and this year is no exception. The lineup includes Theo Bleckmann, Mary Bonhag, Kayleigh Butcher, Hai-Ting Chinn, Joan La Barbara, Odeya Nini, Kamala Sankaram, Davóne Tines and Jennifer Walshe. (7:30 p.m., Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, resonantbodiesfestival.org.)

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